AUSTRALIA:An Indian doctor linked to Britain's bungled terrorist bombings has been released from custody after Australia's chief prosecutor said the charge against him had been a mistake.
Mohamed Haneef (27) was released from a Brisbane prison yesterday, more than three weeks after he was arrested at an airport as he was about to fly to India.
His freedom, with reporting conditions, came after prosecutors withdrew a charge in the Brisbane Magistrates Court that he had provided reckless support to a terrorist organisation.
The charge, which carried a 15-year maximum sentence, alleged he gave his mobile phone Sim card to a relative in Britain a year ago as he left Britain for a hospital job in Australia. That relative, Sabeel Ahmed (26), has been charged by British police with withholding information that could prevent an act of terrorism.
Ahmed's brother, Kafeel Ahmed, is believed to have set himself ablaze after crashing into Glasgow airport terminal and remains in a Scottish hospital with critical burns. - (AP)